December 23, 2008

NC First State to Recommend Reparations for Eugenics Program

From WRAL.com (Dec. 18, 2008):

Panel recommends money for sterilization victims

RALEIGH, N.C. — North
Carolina lawmakers pushed Thursday to offer reparations to thousands of
victims of a forced sterilization program now recognized as a shameful
part of U.S. history.

A state House panel recommended the state give $20,000 to victims of
the eugenics program, which sterilized about 7,600 people between 1929
and 1975 who were considered to be mentally handicapped or genetically
inferior. Though North Carolina and several other states have
apologized for such programs, none have offered reparations...

Frankie Mastrangelo is the moderator for both the Justice For All (JFA) national email listerv as well as for the JFActivist blog. She is also an organizer for the American Association of People with Disabilities in Washington, D.C.